Here’s a pretty good summary of what’s happening on the SCO anti-Linux front in the past few weeks. If you’re like me, you’re probably getting sick of their outrageous statements and blatent lies. At least it’s fun to watch them try to rationalize their statements.
Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox believes that Microsoft’s upcoming major OS release will not be generally available until 2006, a year later than what Microsoft is currently predicting. He believes that the changes planned are too far-sweeping to be rolled out quickly, when you take into account that developers need time to prepare their software. Via OS News.
Guess Microsoft needs a few more years to copy Mac OS X. No sleep lost here.
SCO is reported in the Age as saying they ‘Have no plans to sue Linux companies…’ This seems to contradict the earlier statements of Chris … Via Slashdot.
My take:
Wow, I have to say, SCO’s intentions change more than my underwear. Maybe tomorrow they’ll apologize for all they’ve done. Even so, they’re still a has-been. Nobody wants expensive Unix technology when Linux can do more at a fraction of the cost. SCO OpenServer is a piece of trash. It’s based on Microsoft’s (failed) Xenix operating system. Need I say more?
“Microsoft has employed Akamai’s Linux-based servers to protect its Microsoft.com Web site and reduce the site’s vulnerability to viruses, worms and denial of service attacks…” Via ZDNet UK.
Interesting. I thought Linux and FOSS was a cancer and shouldn’t be used under any circumstances. Funny how reality kicks in when your server software is riddled with security flaws. Trusted Computing strikes again!
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is criticizing last month’s decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to exclusively use Microsoft Corp. software, arguing that recent computer virus and worm attacks against Microsoft products are evidence that such a decision is a poor choice. The word “duh” quickly comes to mind.
After yesterday’s statements that SCO might be heading towards legally invalidating the GPL, the community rose up once again to villify SCO. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols tracked down several prominent Linux/OSS community members–including Torvalds, Raymond, Perens, and Moglen–for their reactions to this new possibility, as well as some IP lawyers’ opinions on the matter. Via Linux Today.
My take:
The legal charade SCO is playing just keeps getting more interesting, no? For those of you that may not know what all this FUD is about, you may want to read the OSDL Q&A paper on it.